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Comment by k33n | Hacker News Reader

Why are you referring to this Emily like we all know her?

You don't? Oh.

... But seriously, for the same reason you refer to 'x' in Python like it's already defined. It's just a symbol.

I think I'll now forever view anyone named "Emily" as ":emily".

Aren't you supposed to preface it with a description?

"I recently bought an iPhone 4 for my wife Emily"

"I recently bought an iPhone 4 for my daughter Emily"

"I recently bought an iPhone 4 for my dog Emily"

I tend to think of her more as a way of life than as a description.

This discussion is already far more interesting and entertaining than iPhone signal strength.

But can you think of her with a description? Or is she inherently indescribable, aside from being female?

I think I may have broken palish...

Not if his language isn't strictly typed.

  >>> Emily
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  NameError: name 'Emily' is not defined

Every cryptologist knows Alice. Maybe every RF engineer knows Emily?